The End of Dialogue (1970)
February 1, 1970Release Date
The End of Dialogue (1970)
February 1, 1970Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Vus Make & Rakhetla Tsehlana
Director
Chris Curling
Director
Antonia Caccia
Director
Simon Louvish
Director
Nana Mahome
Director
Details.
Release DateFebruary 1, 1970
Original NamePhela-ndaba
StatusReleased
Running Time44m
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End of the Dialogue (Phelandaba) is a 1970 documentary film made by five black South African expatriate members of the Pan-Africanist Congress and London film students who wanted to document Apartheid in South Africa. Because of South Africa's restrictive laws governing what could be photographed, the film had to be shot clandestinely and smuggled out of the country. It was edited and released in England.
The film caused an uproar when it was originally released in 1970. It was released worldwide and also screened on television in many countries, including the U.S., U.K. and New Zealand. The film is valuable as not only a record of history, but also a record of how little the outside world understood about what was happening in apartheid South Africa. The London Observer called it, "the most successful act of clandestine subversion against apartheid for years."